A devoted mum and wife has endured unthinkable heartbreak after losing her son and husband in the space of a few weeks.

Susan Wilson was devastated after receiving a call from the fiancée of her 33-year-old son, Oliver Parslow, saying the barber and father of three had passed away suddenly in his Lincoln home on December 1 - just eight weeks after the birth of his son, Mack.

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But in a further devastating blow, within weeks, Susan's husband Robert, 69, died too after a battle with a brain tumour - leaving her 'mad with grief'.

Now she has been left trying to come to terms with what has happened.

She said: "I received a telephone call from my son’s fiancée Jade while I was feeding my husband. She told me she was sorry and that Oli had died.

“My mind didn’t compute the enormity of what she had just told me.

"When I put the phone down, I suddenly started screaming, wailing and crying huge, wracking sobs.

“I’m afraid that I went momentarily mad with grief.”

Oli and Maddox (Image: Susan Wilson)

She has fond memories of him as a child - and says people were always pleased to see him.

“I used to be a busy estate agent and many a time when I would go to conduct a property valuation, people would say, 'oh, you’re Oliver’s mum,'" she said

"He was such a happy and gregarious child and you couldn’t help but love him.

"As he grew up, he had such a generous and caring nature.

"He was also fun-loving and loved a good story or joke.

"He would enter the room and even if he didn’t know anyone in that room, within half an hour he would have introduced himself and found a connection to everyone he spoke with - people loved him.

"I can only pray that in the fullness of time, the shock of this dreadful event will fade and be replaced, only by fond memories and lovely stories retold and reinforced by friends and family for the benefit of his beautiful boys."